[166] Mr. Wallace was in the Malay Archipelago.
[168] The Reviewer speaks of the author's "evident self-satisfaction," and of his disposing of all difficulties "more or less confidently."
[169] A review of the fourth volume of Watson's _Cybele Britannica_, _Gard. Chron._, 1859, p. 911.
[170] See the _Origin_, first edition, p. 3, where Sir J. D. Hooker's help is conspicuously acknowledged.
[171] This refers to the review in the _Athenæum_, Nov. 19th, 1859, where the reviewer, after touching on the theological aspects of the book, leaves the author to "the mercies of the Divinity Hall, the College, the Lecture Room, and the Museum."
[172] It appears from Sir Charles Lyell's published letters that he intended to admit the doctrine of evolution in a new edition of the _Manual_, but this was not published till 1865. He was, however, at work on the _Antiquity of Man_ in 1860, and had already determined to discuss the Origin at the end of the book.
[173] In a letter written in October, my father had said, "I am intensely curious to hear Huxley's opinion of my book. I fear my long discussion on classification will disgust him, for it is much opposed to what he once said to me." He may have remembered the following incident told by Mr. Huxley in his chapter of the _Life and Letters_, ii. p. 196:--"I remember, in the course of my first interview with Mr. Darwin, expressing my belief in the sharpness of the lines of demarcation between natural groups and in the absence of transitional forms, with all the confidence of youth and imperfect knowledge. I was not aware, at that time, that he had then been many years brooding over the species question; and the humorous smile which accompanied his gentle answer, that such was not altogether his view, long haunted and puzzled me."
[174] Karl Ernst von Baer, b. 1792, d. at Dorpat 1876--one of the most distinguished biologists of the century. He practically founded the modern science of embryology.
[175] In the first edition of the _Origin_, Chap. IX. is on the 'Imperfection of the Geological Record;' Chap. X., on the 'Geological Succession of Organic Beings;' Chaps. XI. and XII., on 'Geographical Distribution;' Chap. XIII., on 'Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings; Morphology; Embryology; Rudimentary Organs.'